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Nassau County Man Indicted For Decades-Long Role In $15M Bid-Rigging Scheme Nassau County Man Indicted For Decades-Long Role In $15M Bid-Rigging Scheme
Nassau County Man Indicted For Decades-Long Role In $15M Bid-Rigging Scheme A Long Island man is facing charges for his role in a decades-long bid-rigging scheme that defrauded public benefits programs out of more than $15 million, the New York Attorney General announced. Great Neck resident Avraham “Avi” Cohen, age 60, was among five people charged in a 17-count indictment in New York County State Supreme Court for allegedly submitting thousands of false and inflated bids to the state and city. Attorney General Letitia James said that Cohen and his cohorts allegedly billed the New York State Office of Victim Services (OVS) and the New York City Human Resources Adm…

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by Zak Failla
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Eight Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint On Long Island Eight Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint On Long Island
Eight Charged In Overnight Sobriety Checkpoint On Long Island Eight people are facing charges after an overnight sobriety checkpoint on Long Island. Police officers from the Suffolk County Police Department Highway Patrol Bureau’s Selective Alcohol Fatality Enforcement Team (SAFE-T) and the 2nd Precinct, assisted by New York State Troopers, conducted the Sobriety Checkpoint at the corner of New York Avenue and Church Street in Huntington Station.  The checkpoint was part of the Columbus Day holiday weekend enforcement initiative targeting impaired driving due to alcohol and/or drugs. A total of 363 vehicles went through the checkpoint. The fol…

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by Joe Lombardi